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Officials: Army Taking Open Approach To New Technologies For Integrated Tactical Network

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

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Officials: Army Taking Open Approach To New Technologies For Integrated Tactical Network

Lt. Col. Mike Baker, product manager for handheld and manpack radios, hold one of the Army's new two channel radios. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Army officials last week said their new package of technologies to deliver a more secure, mobile tactical network will not remain fixed, with the service looking to consistently incorporate new capabilities to meet requirements for sharing “secure but unclassified” data on the battlefield. Soldiers participating in this month’s Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) exercise will have the opportunity to test new solutions for the Army’s Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) construct, including two-channel radios and tethered drones, with the goal of providing…

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